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San Elijo Lagoon--west

Located in the California, USA area, San Elijo Lagoon--west is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Black-crowned Night Heron, Osprey, Red-shouldered Hawk in the area.

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All-Time Species
82
Sightings (14 days)
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Jul 23, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Jul 23, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Jul 23, 2026
2
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Jul 23, 2026
1
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Jul 23, 2026
1
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Jul 23, 2026
1
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Jul 23, 2026
1
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Jul 23, 2026
2
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Jul 23, 2026
1
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Jul 23, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Jul 23, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Jul 23, 2026
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Jul 23, 2026
1
Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
Jul 23, 2026
2
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
Jul 23, 2026
2
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Jul 23, 2026
1
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Jul 23, 2026
1
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Jul 23, 2026
2
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Jul 23, 2026
1
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Jul 22, 2026
2
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Jul 22, 2026
2
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Jul 22, 2026
2
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Jul 22, 2026
1
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Jul 22, 2026
2
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Jul 22, 2026
2
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Jul 22, 2026
2
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Jul 22, 2026
3
WilletTringa semipalmata
Jul 22, 2026
1
Least TernSternula antillarum
Jul 22, 2026
1
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Jul 22, 2026
2
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Jul 22, 2026
2
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Jul 22, 2026
2
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Jul 22, 2026
1
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Jul 22, 2026
3
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Jul 22, 2026
2
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Jul 22, 2026
1
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Jul 22, 2026
2
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Jul 22, 2026
1
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Jul 22, 2026
5
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Jul 22, 2026
1
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Jul 22, 2026
1
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
Jul 22, 2026
1
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
Jul 22, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Jul 21, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Jul 21, 2026
1
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Jul 21, 2026
4
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Jul 21, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Jul 21, 2026
1
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Jul 21, 2026
1
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Jul 21, 2026
2
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Jul 21, 2026
2
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Jul 21, 2026
1
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Jul 21, 2026
4
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Jul 21, 2026
4
Green HeronButorides virescens
Jul 21, 2026
1
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Jul 21, 2026
1
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Jul 21, 2026
1
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Jul 21, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Jul 20, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Jul 20, 2026
4
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Jul 20, 2026
1
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Jul 19, 2026
1
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Jul 19, 2026
3
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Jul 19, 2026
2
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Jul 18, 2026
X
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Jul 18, 2026
1
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Jul 18, 2026
1
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Jul 18, 2026
X
GadwallMareca strepera
Jul 17, 2026
2
Common RavenCorvus corax
Jul 17, 2026
1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Jul 16, 2026
X
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Jul 16, 2026
X
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Jul 15, 2026
1
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
Jul 15, 2026
4
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Jul 15, 2026
1
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Jul 14, 2026
X
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Jul 13, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Jul 13, 2026
1
Ridgway's RailRallus obsoletus
Jul 13, 2026
1
Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
Jul 13, 2026
1
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Jul 13, 2026
1
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Jul 12, 2026
1

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